Display-rack for curtains, &amp;c.



F. HANSEN.

DISPLAY RACK FOB CURTAINS, 6m. APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1908. 932,387, Patented Aug-24, 1909.

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- DISPLAY RACK FOR CURTAINS, 6w.

APPLIOATION I'ILED JULY 29,.1 90s.

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FREDERIK HANSEN, or WELLS, MINNESOTA.

DISPLAY-RACK FOR CURTAINS, 850.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FHEDERIK HANSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVells, in the county of Faribault and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Displayliacks for Curtains, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a display rack for lace curtains, portieres, handkerchiefs, small rugs, and the like, and has for its object to provide an improved device which will enable the articles to be easily and properly displayed when desired, without handling.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for storing the articles in a small space when they are not being exhibited, and in such manner as to protect them from dust and dirt.

The device includes means whereby a large number of curtains or other articles may be simultaneously exhibited, and it will be unnecessary for the salesman to fold or unfold the same, the articles being hung from a lazy tong arrangement, in such manner that when they are pulled out they are all spaced apart and can readily be seen by a prospective purchaser.

The use of the device will result in a great saving of time in making sales, as compared to the ordinary method of exhibiting curtains over a pole, and will also save the labor of folding and unfolding as well as the time and trouble of arranging curtains upon the ordinary poles, in consequence of which they become soiled from repeated handling, as well as wasting a large amount of the salesmans time.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side View of the rack, closed; Fig. 2 is a side view of the same open or extended; Fig. 3 is a top plan View; Fig. 4 is an end view.

The rack may be attached to the ceiling or to opposite walls, the former being the usual method. It is supported by brackets indicated at 6 and 7 the upper horizontal arms of which may be attached to the ceiling. These brackets support a wire 8 which extends from one to the other and is fastened thereto at its opposite ends, being attached to the lower or depending arms of the brackets. The wire will be of sutlicient strength to support the parts to be described as well as the articles to be hung thereon. A

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 29, 1908.

Serial No. 4%,910.

lazy tong structure 9 is hung upon this wire by means of hooks 10 located at the crossings of the bars which form the lazy tongs. The first member of the lazy tongs is pivoted to the bracket 6, and in consequence of the arrangement stated, the lazy tongs may be pulled Out or pushed in, the hooks 10 sliding along the wire 8.

Each member of the lazy tongs carries a pole or rod 11, of sufficient length to support the curtain or other article to be displayed. These rods are sustained or hung from the lazy tongs by means of hooks 12 which are located at the intersecting ends of the members of the lazy tongs, and which engage spring clasps 13. Each clasp may consist of a piece of sheet metal bent to form an upper ring 14: for engagement by the hook and a lower split ring v15 which may be opened or closed by pressing on the middle part of the clasp and so engaged over a pole 11 as well as over a curtain thereon, thereby affording means whereby the curtain and pole can be readily detached from the rack when desired, and also readily attached again.

The bracket 6 supports a cross piece 16, fixed to the depending arm thereof, and this cross piece supports a metal rod or heavy wire 17 which is bent or bowed to project over the adjacent ends of the lazy tongs and which serves to support a curtain 18 for inclosing the articles, when the lazy tongs are closed. The rod 17 is fixed at its ends to the ends of the cross bar 16, and the protecting curtain 18 is provided with rings 19 which travel on the rod and so incloses all the articles and protects them from dust and dirt when the exhibitor or rack is closed. The curtains or other articles to be exhibited are indicated at 20, hanging from the poles 11.

In the use of the device, the exhibitor being sustained, as above stated, the curtains or other articles are hung on the poles 11, and said poles are then hung on the lazy tongs by means of the hooks and the spring clips described. The lazy tongs may then be pulled out or pushed in along the wire 8. When pulled out, the curtains will hang a sufficient distance apart to enable every one to be seen, and if any particular curtain is selected, it may, if necessary, be detached with slight efiort and removed for more particular inspection. By closing the lazy tongs toward the bracket 6, all of the curtains or articles are brought close together under Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

said bracket, and then by running the curtain 18 around on the rod 17 the curtains are inclosed and protected until it is desired to exhibit the same again, when the curtain 20 can be Withdrawn and the lazy tongs pulled out again.

hen the exhibitor is closed it occupies but very little floor space, and the supporting wire and the lazy tongs thereon may be made as long as desired or necessary, accordmg :to local condmtions. Thus, from a dozen to one or tWo hundred curtains could easily sired distance apart.

The rack may be made of Wood or metal and may be modified in various Ways Withi *thescope of the invention.

I clann: 1.A display rack comprlsing a suspension wire, a lazy-tongs hung therefrom and slidable along the same to open or closed po sition, and poles extending across under the lazy-tongs, to support the articles to be dis played, and hangers between the ends of the members of the lazy-tongs and the poles.

2. A display rack comprising a lazy-tongs, means to suspend the same in open or closed position, poles extending across under the members of the lazy-tongs, fen supporting the articles to be displayed, and hangers between the'lazy-tongs and the rods including clasps adapted to engage over the poles and the articles thereon.

A display rack comprising a suspension Wire, lazy-tongs hung therefrom and slidable along the same to open or closed position, hooks at the ends of the members of the lazy-tongs, spring clips suspended from said hooks, and poles engaged and supported by said clips, for the articles to be displayed.

FREDERIK HANSEN.

VVit-nesses:

L. N. BEAR. C. E. ANDERSON. 

